Councillor Maguire says they are still assessing the damage from last week's flooding.

"We've activated a recovery group to look at some of the incidents from the previous week or so, so that group's going to look at some of the areas under the environment, social, economic and infrastructure impacts," he said.

Defence stand-by

Meanwhile, more than 100 Australian Defence Force soldiers are on standby in north Queensland to offer help in the event of a natural disaster.

The Emergency Support Force, based in Townsville, is equipped with heavy trucks and recovery equipment to help communities during and after an emergency.

The Commander of 3rd Brigade, Brigadier Stuart Smith, says the special force is dedicated to North Queensland and is ready to be deployed at any time.

"A force of 120 soldiers with transport and engineering equipment, which is on stand-by, so that if a formal request is made by the Commonwealth to assist in disaster relief, this is the force that can back up fire and rescue," he said.

"It can back up Emergency Management Queensland in providing assistance to the community."